The acquisitions will have an impact on the youth movement. There’s no room for Olli Juolevi and probably only one spot for Brock Boeser and Nikolay Goldobin to fight over in training camp.

That was by design, by the way. The moves today are about buying time for the youngest prospects, an effort to insulate them and avoid a scenario where they’re not rushed and overwhelmed before they’ve matured.

Cornuck wrote:I'm going to assume / hope that there are not NMCs involved in these deals, so if and when the kids are ready, the placeholders can be easily moved.

While I don't know the answer er trade protection Benning said they didn't sign any of these players with a mind to flip them at the TDD. He said they all had a chance to play for new contracts when their term was up. If they deliver they will get rewarded, if not, the hope is the kids will be ready to step in. He did say that even though the intention was not to sign and flip them that option was not ruled out depending on where the team is in the standings and the individual players play.

So a traditional re build path.

Miller replaced cap wise by Gagne, Nilsson, Burmistrov

Sbisa's cap replaced by Del Zotto and that other guy.

Five guys for the price of two!

While these moves by no stretch make us a contender, they do exactly what Benning says they were intended to do. By the way, he said if a young guy comes to camp and earns a job the team will make room. He was speaking of Virtanen and Juolevi when he made that statement. Past history shows he will do just that. So no one needs to worry about lack of development. If a kid is ready, he stays. If not Jim bought them time to develop.